Government is to life what pantyhose is to sex - PJ O'Rourke

Serial killer may be leaving clues on a blog about his crimes

This is spooky. Blogger with unusually detailed knowledge of unsolved serial murders in 1994 is posting possible clues on a major blog.

Climate change led to Angkor abandonment

Howard rattled, say Lib MPs

"He's rattled and he's being rushed into mistakes,'' the backbencher said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "He looks tired - but of course he's been working very hard. Hopefully he can pull it together, otherwise we'll all be looking for new jobs.''

Al-Qaeda praying for Obama win: Australian PM

Another cutting insight into the al-Qaeda mindset from a man who clearly knows their thoughts better than they do themselves.

Queensland Premier blames global warming for seasonal floods

Blaming climate change for causing what are natural, seasonal floods doesn't really help us have a rational debate on the matter...

Jesus loves bin Laden, just not the whole terrorism thing

Archbishop Philip Jensen of Sydney backs a church's claim that Jesus loves bin Laden... but qualifies it by saying that the Big J doesn't approve of terrorism.

What do you think of this piece of User Generated Content?

User Generated Content in mainstream media. What do you think of it? Link goes to a piece of UGC published today in Australia. Would be interested to hear your thoughts on it... does it work? What other good bits of UGC are out there? Any links?

Australia's 'Mr Cricket' won't walk when he's out

Mike Hussey should have walked. He didn't. The other team got him out. Bad form.

Chris Latham has potentially career-ending injury

Suffered a knee injury in training for Queensland Reds. Knuckles is furious and wants answers from his predecessor as Wallabies coast, Eddie Jones (now the Reds boss), on what happened.

Stephen Mayne kicked out of People Power

Crikey! founder expelled from the party he helped established - thanks to the scene at the Walkleys with Glenn Milne.

Michael Vaughan returns as England cricket captain

My favourite cricketer's back. The one-day series should be entertaining.

Judge defamed by MySpace impostor

Interesting story, but the writer can't help but take a blind swipe at digital media:

Golfer nails two holes-in-one in single round

Stolen rocket launchers were hidden in pipes

A Darwiche associate, Abbas Osman, contacted a former Canadian military man to seek advice about using the rocket-launcher, a court has heard.

Rudd attacks PM over media rocket revelations

"Australians right now are having to rely upon the national newspapers to tell them what is happening with their national security because the prime minister, (John Howard), doesn't want to take responsibility for it,'' Mr Rudd said.

Australia wins Ashes series in 5-0 whitewash

Justin Langer was in the middle when the winning runs were scored by his longtime opening batting partner Matthew Hayden. Langer now retires from Test cricket along with bowling greats Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.

Mysterious religious message interrupts TV documentary

FOR more than six divine minutes, a mysterious ghostly voice repeatedly told Seven Network viewers: "Jesus Christ one of the Navarines" during a documentary on a train disaster screened last night.

Where's Obama? CNN apologises over graphics typo

Voters reject Australian IR changes

the proportion of voters who think they will be worse off has grown from 30 per cent in April last year to 33 per cent.

Australia recruits to counter Chinese spy network

Foreign-language spies being recruited by ASIO, Australia's internal security agency, to counter what is believed to be an extensive spy network being run by China. Also around a dozen Arabic-speaking spies on board.

IraqNam's a cool term, but is it precise?

Now I'm not sure Iraq is comparable to Vietnam, even though I did write an essay years ago recalling the Viet-era terminology: We Had to Destroy the Village to Save It. Maybe what is happening in Iraq is closer to the insurrection in Algeria fifty years ago. Or Somalia.

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Koreans get gifts for promising not to visit brothels

A ministry spokesman confirmed the campaign but refused to answer questions about it.

Shane Warne takes record 700th Test wicket

... and bags five against England in his last Test at the MCG. The 700th was a real beauty, too. Bowled Strauss with a dinger of a leg spinner. It will go down on the scorecard as simply: b Warne. Hail to the master.

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